Advance Africa Newsletter

February 2007 Part II

A free e-zine bringing you inspirational articles, great tips on studying abroad as well as jobs and scholarships alerts.

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February 12 2007, ISSUE #025.

A. Scholarships

1. Young Women in Public Affairs Awards

Applications are invited for Young Women in Public Affairs Awards. Young women students at are eligible to apply for awards of upto US $ 1,000.
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2. Davis and Lyons Bursaries in Music - City University, London

Applications are invited for Davis and Lyons Bursaries in Music at City University , London . These bursaries are open to all overseas, full-time and part-time students beginning any postgraduate programme in Music at City University.
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3. International Undergraduate Scholarships at University of Bristol, UK

International Undergraduate Scholarships at University of Bristol are available, up to a maximum of £2,000 per year of study, for high-achieving undergraduate students (overseas fee payers).
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4. International Postgraduate Scholarships at University of Bristol - Taught Master's programmes only

Applications are invited for International Postgraduate Scholarships at University of Bristol. The deadline for the applications is 30th June 2007.
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5. Masters and Doctoral Scholarships at Ritsumeikan University - Japan

Applications are invited for Masters and Doctoral Scholarships at Ritsumeikan University , Japan . Applicants must be graduate students who will newly enter Japan for the purpose of study.
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6. Masters in Bioscience Enterprise Scholarships

Applications are invited for Masters in Bioscience Enterprise Scholarships, University of Cambridge , UK . Applicants from non-EU countries are invited to apply for places on the course and various funding organisations can be approached for support.
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The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has a number of scholarships available to overseas students from non-EU countries on the course. Entry requirements include at least an upper second class bachelors degree (or international equivalent) in a physical sciences or engineering discipline.
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8. MA Scholarships at University of Hull

University of Hull is offering 10 Bicentenary MA Scholarships which will cover fees on any one of the 3 programmes associated with the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation.
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9. University of Strathclyde Business School Scholarships

Applications are invited for full-time research studentships comprising tuitions fees and £12,600 for maintenance tenable from June 2007 onwards for up to three years.
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10. Doctoral Studentships at Lancaster University Management School

The Department of Management Science is looking to recruit excellent doctoral students with a strong quantitative background including mathematics, statistics or computing.
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Queen Margaret University is making funds available for up to 8 PhD studentships. Successful applicants will have all fees waived for three years and will receive support with living costs.
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City University is offering four doctoral bursaries for MPhil/PhD study to cover full tuition fees and a maintenance grant of £14,300 per annum (payable monthly), over three years with effect from 1 October 2007. Applicants should be able to demonstrate strong research potential in any area of Finance, Management or Actuarial Science & Insurance.
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13. MRes and PhD Studentships in Chemical Biology - Imperial College London

Imperial College London is seeking 9 postgraduate students starting in October 2007 to work on a series of related problems in quantitative chemical/molecular biology.
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The Department of Environmental Planning, Section of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation at the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Science Leibniz University invites applications for the position of a Research and Teaching Assistant.
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A PhD level graduate position is available in The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo as part of a study of environmental factors affecting foraging success of age-0 yellow perch.
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The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of Hull is pleased to offer 8 full PhD studentships in Criminology, English, Law, History, Politics & International Studies beginning September 2007. Scholarships will cover fees and provide an annual stipend of £10,000 for three years.
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21. PhD studentship in the Corrosion and Protection Centre, University of Manchester

Applicants are invited for a PhD studentship in the Corrosion and Protection Centre at The University of Manchester to develop a model of the growth of anodic films using numerical techniques such as the Finite Element Method.
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22. Postdoctoral Position in Diabetes and Obesity Research

Feinberg School of Medicine is seeking a candidate for a post-doctoral position in a groundbreaking area of diabetes research.
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The Computer Security Laboratory of the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral position in computer security renewable up to two times, starting as soon as possible and subject to performance reviews.
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